Emma Hooper, Author at River Action UK

England’s riverbanks and watercourses are about to get a lot greener

We were excited to see the launch of the The Woodlands For Water project this week. Beaver Trust in collaboration with the Woodland Trust, The Rivers Trust and The National Trust and supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), will be working

Press Release: Campaigners call for urgent action from the poultry industry to save the River Wye

Campaigners call for urgent action from the poultry industry to save the River Wye River Action writes to two of UK’s leading egg and chicken meat producers, Noble Foods and Avara Foods, calling for action to reduce the severe pollution of the River Wye from

River Action Live: Join Marina Gibson in conversation with award-winning writer and journalist, George Monbiot

River Action INSTAGRAM Live: Join Marina Gibson in conversation with award-winning writer and journalist, George Monbiot. It's been nearly 2 months since Rivercide, George Monbiot’s chilling and devastating documentary on the state of the UK’s rivers. What progress has been made since? What significant developments

River Action’s ad campaign helps petition numbers to soar

The state of waterways in the UK are at an all-time low. A major cause of this crisis is the collapse of environmental protection for our rivers following years of de-funding of the UK’s environmental regulatory agencies. River Action’s petition calling on government to properly

River Action welcomes Government efforts to strengthen the Environment Bill– but there’s a long way to go yet

The UK Government last week tabled further amendments to the Environment Bill in response to some of the issues raised by peers during the Bill’s House of Lords Report Stage before summer recess. The new amendments include welcome commitments to an increased role for Parliament

UK Youth for Nature writes for River Action on the problems facing our rivers and what can be done to save them…

It is the young people of today who are demanding greater action from governments to fight climate change and tackle environmental issues. Engaging youth in environmental protection not only creates direct impact on changing youth behaviours and attitudes but can influence country-wide change. UK Youth

Writing to your representatives to ask them to support action on the river pollution crisis

If you were moved by the issues raised in the Rivercide documentary, or through River Action’s campaigns, please consider writing to your parliamentary representative to express your support and call on them to take action. Please note that environmental protection is a devolved issue so

River Action urges Noble Foods to rethink its sustainability strategy as it fails to include river pollution as a key focus area…

Noble Foods has omitted river pollution from its recently identified 4 sustainability focus areas… prompting River Action to write again to the CEO. Having received no response from River Action’s last letter to Noble Foods' CEO on 25th March, River Action’s Chairman has written again

We are stepping up our #GiveUsBackOurRivers campaign…

Our petition calling on government to properly fund environmental protection is rapidly building momentum. Thank you for helping us to exceed 35,000 signatures in our first week. We are fast approaching 40,000. We know we cannot wait any longer, many of our rivers could soon

Herefordshire’s council members unite in plea to MP George Eustice to save the Wye as algal blooms that wiped out miles of the River Wye’s ecology in 2020 return…

Desperate plea for help to Central Government to save one of Britain’s most-loved rivers reveals that the County of Hereford only has 0.8 full time Environment Agency officer to combat the severe agricultural pollution of the Wye In a devastating letter to George Eustice –

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Author: Emma Hooper